ISIS war in Syria: US to arm rebels with pickups fitted with machine guns and GPS
- 9 years ago
Turkey and the United States signed an agreement last week to later this year begin training and equipping moderate Syrian rebel forces to battle Islamic State fighters.
With airstrikes, the U.S. successfully helped Kurdish soldiers drive fighters from the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, from the northern Syrian city of Kobani in January. The U.S. now plans to adopt a similar model and train moderate Syrian rebel forces. The Pentagon says the training will begin in mid-to-late March in Jordan, while a second training site will open in Turkey later this year. Additional training sites may be launched in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
The Pentagon says it hopes to train 3,000 Syrian rebels by the end of this year. Teams of four to six rebels will be given a Toyota Hi-Lux pickup truck fitted with a machine gun as well as a GPS tracking system. The small fighting teams may also be provided mortars.
The communication and tracking equipment on each truck could allow rebels to request air support from the U.S. just as Kurdish forces did in Kobani when they called upon American B-1 bombers for aid against ISIS militants.
The United States remains unsure about how much it wants to be involved in Syria though, as the Obama administration is hesitant about waging warfare against the Syrian regime and militant opposition groups other than ISIS.
While the Central Intelligence Agency has run a program to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels for the last several years, its program remained limited and covert. The new agreement has now publicly pledged American support for Syrian rebel forces in their fight against ISIS.
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With airstrikes, the U.S. successfully helped Kurdish soldiers drive fighters from the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, from the northern Syrian city of Kobani in January. The U.S. now plans to adopt a similar model and train moderate Syrian rebel forces. The Pentagon says the training will begin in mid-to-late March in Jordan, while a second training site will open in Turkey later this year. Additional training sites may be launched in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
The Pentagon says it hopes to train 3,000 Syrian rebels by the end of this year. Teams of four to six rebels will be given a Toyota Hi-Lux pickup truck fitted with a machine gun as well as a GPS tracking system. The small fighting teams may also be provided mortars.
The communication and tracking equipment on each truck could allow rebels to request air support from the U.S. just as Kurdish forces did in Kobani when they called upon American B-1 bombers for aid against ISIS militants.
The United States remains unsure about how much it wants to be involved in Syria though, as the Obama administration is hesitant about waging warfare against the Syrian regime and militant opposition groups other than ISIS.
While the Central Intelligence Agency has run a program to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels for the last several years, its program remained limited and covert. The new agreement has now publicly pledged American support for Syrian rebel forces in their fight against ISIS.
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